19 March 2005

Nokia 3250:
A music phone with a twist.

The Nokia 3250, Nokia's newest music phone, grabbed the spotlight of Nokia Trends, an electronic music festival that took place in Berlin, Germany this weekend.

This unique design twists to transform a traditional phone keypad into dedicated music keys. The Nokia 3250 stores up to 1 Gigabyte (750 songs) of high quality music and offers 10 hours of music play. In addition, consumers can take advantage of the Nokia 3250's two-megapixel camera and smartphone capabilities.

The triband GSM 900/1800/1900 model is expected to start shipping in the first quarter 2006 with an estimated retail price of 350 EUR before subsidies or taxes.

"Nokia connects people to their passions - music - and as the world's largest manufacturer of digital music players, Nokia is leading the charge to make mobile music widely accessible. The XpressMusic feature brand, also introduced today, makes it easier for consumers to identify those Nokia devices which are specifically designed to listen to music," says Kai Öistämö, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "One of the first devices to feature the XpressMusic mark is the Nokia 3250, which is going to stop music fans in their (favourite) tracks. Its unique twist design makes it quick and easy to switch between the music keys, the regular keypad and the camera mode."

By twisting the Nokia 3250 keypad 180 degrees, consumers can toggle between the music controls and the traditional phone keypad. The music player of the Nokia 3250 supports a wide array of digital music formats such as MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC, making it easy to load and transfer music. Additionally, songs can be downloaded over-the-air while on the go and favourite songs can be set as ringtones. The Nokia 3250 supports microSD memory cards of up to 1 Gigabyte with storage capacity for up to 750 songs. An FM radio with Visual Radio client complements the Nokia 3250's complete music package.

The Nokia 3250, Nokia's newest music phone, grabbed the spotlight of Nokia Trends, an electronic music festival that took place in Berlin, Germany this weekend. This unique design twists to transform a traditional phone keypad into dedicated music keys. The Nokia 3250 stores up to 1 Gigabyte (750 songs) of high quality music and offers 10 hours of music play. In addition, consumers can take advantage of the Nokia 3250's two-megapixel camera and smartphone capabilities. The triband GSM 900/1800/1900 model is expected to start shipping in the first quarter 2006 with an estimated retail price of 350 EUR before subsidies or taxes.

Features overview:

The Nokia 3250 is a GSM tri-band portable phone, supporting GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900. Its twist-on design enables fast and easy access to phone, 2.0 megapixel camera and music options. Memory is expandable up to 1GB with a microSD card, allowing up to 1000 songs of quality stereo audio to be stored on the device. In addition to advanced music capabilities, the device supports e.g. MMS, e-mail, WAP 2.0 (XHTML) browsing and Java technology.

Specifications

• Operating Frequency: GSM/EDGE 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Band Functionality: GSM
• Enabling Technologies: XHTML, HTML, MMS, Java MIDP, Symbian OS 9.1 , Series 60 3rd Edition
• Dimensions: 103.8 x 50.0 x 19.8 mm
• Weight: 115.0 g

Display

• Resolution: 176 x 208
• Color Depth: 18 bit

Keypad

• 2 labeled soft keys
• 5-way scrolling
• Grid key mat

Memory

• Unlimited Heap size
• Shared Memory for Storage: 10 MB
• Unlimited Jar size

Camera

• 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom

Video Support

• 3GPP formats (H.263)
• MPEG-4
• RealVideo

Browsing

• HTML over TCP/IP
• WAP 2.0
• XHTML over TCP/IP

Messaging

• SMS
• MMS+SMIL

Java Technology

• CLDC 1.1
• Wireless Messaging API (JSR-120)
• Mobile Media API (JSR-135)
• Web Services API (JSR-172)
• Security and Trust Services API (JSR-177)
• Location API (JSR-179)
• SIP API (JSR-180)
• Mobile 3D Graphics API (JSR-184)
• JTWI (JSR-185)
• Wireless Messaging API (JSR-205)
• Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API (JSR-226)
• FileConnection and PIM API (JSR-75)
• Bluetooth API (JSR-82)
• MIDP 2.0
• Nokia UI API

Sound Formats

• AAC
• AAC+
• AMR (NB-AMR)
• eAAC+
• M4A
• MIDI tones (poly 64)
• MP3
• MP4
• RealAudio
• SP-MIDI
• Video/Audio Streaming
• True Tones (WB-AMR)
• WAV
• WMA

Digital Rights Management

• OMA DRM v1.0

Local Connectivity

• Bluetooth
• USB

Network Data Support

• CSD
• EGPRS
• GPRS
• HSCSD

Extra Features

FM radio, Instant Messaging, IMAP4 email, POP3 email, Presence, Push-to-Talk, RealOne player, SMTP email, SyncML, Themes, USB Mass Storage, Video editor, Video player, Video recorder, Visual radio

About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.